Murray's record is a compilation of official Australian reports in regards to the war in South Africa, and was compiled as a memorial and remembrance of the war.

It is written as a reference book rather than a history of the war and as a result contains a huge amount of logically presented facts, figures and statistics about the war, as well as the contingents and men involved.

Features of this book include:

National Roll of over 17,000 men who served

overview of the service of each Australian contingent arranged by state

Contingents are listed chronologically within each state in order of leaving Australia

the men are listed within each contingent, commencing with officers, then non-commissioned officers and lastly the other ranks

gives service number, rank and unit

other information includes units, uniforms, dates, war services and honours, deaths, fate, promotions, wounds, invalided, prisoners (and escapes), excerpts of written reports, rolls, medics and nurses, and much more are included for each of the different states

each state section has an introduction and overview

each contingent has a summary, which may include service departure and return, service, chronology, casualty list, awards and honours, clothing and excerpts from reports.

This record is extremely useful for any one interested in the war in South Africa or with ancestors who fought in it.

This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.